Clevis-hook



(No Medef) I l J. K. POOLE.

GLEVIS HOK. I

No. 508,338. Patented Nov. 7, 1893.

9 du 'ill l umili 'HIM 8 l 'i' UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

JAMES K. POOLE, OF LYTCH, ASSIGNOR TO lM. M. MCKINNON, OF LAURINBURG, NORTH CAROLINA.

CLEVIS-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 508,338, dated November 7, 18.93.

Application filed .Tune 30, 1893. Serial No. 479,292. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAMES K.y POOLE,aciti zen of the United States, yresiding at Lytch, in the -county of Richmond and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Olevis-Hook, of whichthe followingisaspecication.

My invention relates .to improvements in clevis hooks; the objects in view being to produce ahook of simple and economicalconstruction to be employed upon plows'and to be so constructed as to obviatethe necessity of the employment of the usualintermediate ring between the D-eye or loop of the single or double-tree and the clevis; to so form the hook as to prevent any accidentaldisengagement of the D-eye or loop with the same andyet permit of a ready disengagement when desired without the necessity of unhitching the draft animals; and, furthermore, to so connect thesaid hook with the beam ofn the plow that any slight deviation from a straight line by the draft animal or animals will not aect the accurate running or alignment of the plow.

. Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure l is a perspective view of the front end of a plowbeam, the same being provided with a hook formed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the front end of the plow-beam and the shank of the hook.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The shank l of the hook is of suitable length and is applied to the under side of the plow-beam 2, the said shank being provided with a front opening or bolt-hole 3 and with a rear opening or bolt-hole 4, the lattel being considerably larger in diameter that the former. A bolt 5 passes through the front opening 3 and through the beam, the said bolt fit-v ting the opening 3 and serving as a'pivot bolt. The rear opening 4: receives a much smaller bolt 6, the same passing up through the beam as in the previous instance and permitting of a slight lateral movement upon the part of the rear end of the shank, Iall for a purpose lhereinafter apparent. The shank is continued beyond the end of the beam and slightly laterally disposed forming a neck 7, and after continuing a short distance is laterally bent in an opposite direction and in the same plane forming the vflat hook S, which extends around to a point opposite the beginning of the neck', where being still further reduced it is up- -wardly bent, thence forwardly bent forming or employment of the usual intermediate ring, in thatthe D-eye is at a right angle to the plane of the hook, which is not the case with the ordinary clevis, and hence the 11ecessity in the latter case of the presence of the ring. I thereby, it will be seen, avoid the expense of this ring, together with the inconvenience of its use arising from its liability of breaking and becoming misplaced. By the production of the guard-hook 9 and lug 1l all danger of accidental disengagement between the D-eye and clevis hook is avoided,

and yet at the same time it will be seen that a desirable disengagement may be readily accomplished at any time without the necessity of unhitching the draft animal or animals by bringing the D-eye to the irst or position of application. `It will further be seen that, as before stated, the hook is capable of a slight pivotal movementA upon its bolt 5, this being permitted by reason of the fact that the bolt opening 4 is considerably larger in diameter than the bolt Gwhich serves to secure the rear end of the shank to the beam. The purpose and advantage of this is that oftentimes the animal or animals drawing theplow will deviate from a straight line, and were the shank rigid IOO with the beam anysuch deviation `however slight would rbe `:instantly communicated to` the plow, resulting in a crooked furrow. The

deviation is always slight, in that the operator watching the animals would instantly return them to their proper positions, and I .therefore provideforthisslight oscillationof Athe hook so that when such deviation .occursfit will not be communicated to the plow-point,

and before it should become sufticent vto in- ,i

fiuence the plow the operator or plowman1 would correct it by a pull on the lines.

Having Ydescribed `my invention, .what Iv claim is- 1. The herein described eimproved `clevis-i. hook, the same consisting of the shank 1 provided with bolt holes wherebylit isadapted to be fastened .to .the plow, the saidfshankrben yondiits bolt-holes being slightly redncedfand\A laterally bentorl curved 1tofomn aneck ,7 and beyond` said "neck Vlaterally bentin 'a lrewcrs `1r directiongto alipointabout opposite the 'hegin- ,t ningof theneckitorminga ringfseat 1Q, in sub-4 stantialalignmentwith the shan ktandahook, 8, the-'extremity'of said hcckbeingibent 11pwardly andforwardly forming the guard-hook 19 substantially as specied.'

2. The herein described improved clevishook, the same consisting of the shank 1 provided with bolt-holes whereby it is adapted to beb fastened to theplow, the said shank beyond itsbolt-liolesbeing slightly'reduced and laterally nbentiorrcurved to form a neck? and beyond said neck laterally bent in a reverse direction to a point about opposite the beginnning of the neck forming a ring-seat 10, in

i substantial alignment with the shank, and a hookS), the extremity of ,said hook being bent upwardly and v'forwardly "formingthe guardlfhocik 9, and ,provided at the base of the hook 9 with a rearward, horizontally disposed guard lug 11, substantiallyasspecifed.

In testimony that il claim the .foregoing as ownI have Lheretoiafxed my; signaturefin l,thepresenceof two witnesses.

UAMES K. POOLE.

Witnesses:

J. iK. MCEAOHIN, R. E. LL. GRAHAM. 

